David Letterman: In the tank
John McCain cancels his appearance on David Letterman over the bailout frenzy and Letterman replaces him with…Keith Olbermann.
And then he piles on with Metamucil jokes and war hero mockery.
Pssst. Dave. The old-age jokes are getting…old.
And Olbermann? Guess it makes sense. He’s the ultimate Stupid Human Trick.
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David is what? Only 9 years younger then McCain and has had a [iirc] quintuple bypass. He’s hardly the one to be making “old-age” jokes. =/
So that’s what the kids are calling entertainment now? Funny. Real Funny.
Letterman has either been in the tank drunk or doped up or brain dead for 2 decades now.
He was funny once…..in 1982.
Johm McCain bailed out on David at the last minute. I do not think it has much to do with in the tank so much as he is just simply pissed that McCain bailed, leaving them no time to prepare for their show, so took it out on McCain. Obviously that is not good on Letterman’s part, but I think it is best to make your argument as close to accurate as possible.
Wait – David Letterman is still on TV??
I did not know that the show was still on!!! I can’t think of ONE LATE NIGHT SHOW WORTH WATCHING and this is just more proff that I am right… HUM maybe that is the reason I am not voting for Barry Obama…..
Of course, Olbermann jumped at the vacancy. He’ll grab any chance to bash McCain and repeat rumors.
You’ve gotta fix your keyboard. You hit Shift and the “P” key and it typed “T.”
Who and Who?
Letterman is a douche and last rate comedian.
Letterman has always been a slug. I would expect that that weirdo, Keith “No Brain” Olbermann, will become a Letterman stalker by the end of the week.
esp since he’s no longer anchoring the election coverage…
Letterman had Robin Williams on last week shilling for Obama. His show’s pretty boring, but it was still on in the other room after we all had walked away…
Typical. I expected nothing less. It’s depressing to have such low expectations, but it is what it is.
The Republicans deserve everything that happens to them after this idiotic McCain stunt. It makes him look utterly incompetent- kind of like when he canceled the first night of the GOP convention for a hurricane across the country.
Letterman is, of course, the bigger idiot. But he’s not trying to win the presidency.
Letterman is a talentless hack. He’s gotten progressively more hard on the ears (and the eyes) over the years. The guy is so afraid of a human relationship that he can “knock up” his girlfriend but not marry the mother of his son.
Letterman is intellectually vacant and can’t think for himself. That’s what writers are for after all.
the big jerk
Dave is getting old, along with his jokes.
Send Gov. Palin to the debate on Friday to jaw-jack with Obama
Send Gov. Palin to the debate on Friday to jaw-jack with Obama
I miss Johnny Carson.
Who is David Letterman?
Ten PM I am in bed. Five thirty comes too early to stay up for left over comedy club jokes.
The Republican Convention opening day was cancelled and subdued because of a real threat to the Gulf states. Valiant – I live in Texas and it wasn’t funny then and still isn’t. People lost all possessions and their livelyhoods.
This “stunt” as Valiant writes frivolously – is a verified market meltdown if not addressed and solutions found. I am shocked that Obamanation still thinks it can be conducted, business as usual. Juvenile attitude, yes. I want it, I want it now.
Letterman checked his brains with his overcoat and still doesn’t know it’s missing. Haven’t watched him in years and don’t watch Leno either – too busy with real life, and don’t need the aggravation of turning the channel at that time of night!
Letterman has moved sharply to the left, but in 2004, at least outwardly, he seemed very supportive of President Bush. He mocked Kerry much more than Bush, constantly showing John Kerry morphing into a horse.
It is a shame, because Letterman was fabulous after 9/11, and in 2004.
Respectfully,
eric aka the Tygrrrr Express
I thought he was funny back in the mid-80′s, until the writer’s strike of ’88. He went out without his prepared lines and stunk up the place big-time (guess that’s how we can account for his affinity for Obama). Anyway, I realized then that there was no talent beneath the surface, and figured he’d disappear in a few years. Instead, he went on to make multi-millions at CBS – still without talent. So then I figured that all of that money for nothing would whip his neuroses into a frenzy, leading to him becoming a wierd old grouch. My second figuring proved right.
Snort! Apparently David Lettermen thinks the sun shines out of his ass, and that nothing, not the possibility of a national financial meltdown, should interfere with his “entertainment” program.
So he mocks McCain’s war record and age.
Astonerii thinks that’s OK. So does Valiant.
Dim bulbs, both of yas.
Who watches these shows, and why?
I stopped watching Letterman when he stopped being funny. That was sometime around 1991.
Who was it, Cher, who called him a “pompous a%%”? That about says it all.
BSR
It all went downhill fast when Carson left.
One great Carson line went like this: “This fall NBC is going to introduce a comedy version of Saturday Night Live”.
Hoy-ooooo!
Nothing inappropriate in what Letterman is supposed to have said. If McCain is such a great leader, he would be able to campaign and decide how to vote on the bailout at the same time. Obama can!
And McCain is old. Actuarial tables give him a 1/3 chance of dying in his first term. Putting something in his Metamucil is like putting something in Obama’s arugula.
I enjoy Olberman and obviously, I enjoy MM.
My approach to all media personalities is to ask … is what they are saying true? OK, that is beside the point.
I don’t see a problem with Olberman going on Letterman. Olberman was available, so what? Other media types have been on the show before.
Letterman does stand-up and I would be uncomfortable if anyone took him too seriously. I am sure he has made jokes about Sen Obama, too. As for Olberman, my approach will be the same … is what he is saying true?
lgm said:
lgm is a communist Jew who admittedly hates Christian. He is an enemy of the people; he is a Rosenberg.
Judging from that comment, I’d guess you’re an authority on idiots.
I’m not a big fan of McCain, but there’s worse things to criticize him for. His actions regarding the hurricane and the bailout tell me that he’s concerned about what happens to our country, and not about hurting the feelings of a has-been like Letterman. Looks like he’s been studying the Palin playbook. Good for him.
Letterman is still on the air? He better give it up before the Alzheimer’s sets in.
The hurricane was not the stunt- canceling the convention was. I resent your misrepresentation.
Should we cancel the election if this is still going on in November? McCain needs to grow a pair and stop screwing conservatives.
lgm#30 – we have now paid 3 senators for months on end to be vacant from their accepted duties of working for the people. We still have 3 since Sen. Clinton didn’t win her party’s nomination, but Obama picked up Biden. If any of those 3 are as brilliant as we’re told, they need to be in Washington D.C. doing what they’re paid to do – or forfeit their paychecks.
Methinks you bought your logic along with a healthy dose of arugala at Whole Foods Market.
24Klady I agree with you completely. valiant obviously has a problem understanding real world problems and the effects they have on real people. The hurrican decision by the McCain/GOP was to allow the governors/delegates etc. of the affected states to remain in place to deal with whatever they needed to as executive leaders etc of their states. Katrina was a disaster multiplied by the inaction of the demcrat governor of La and dem mayor of New Orleans. McCains decision was prudent and correct.
His decision regarding his campaign in light of the financial crisis we all face shows his leadership skills and BHO’s lack thereof.
There will never be another Johnny Carson. letterman wouldn’t make a pimple on Carson’s butt. I can’t believe I used to like that gapped tooth liberal but that was many years ago before my eyes were opened.
I just Googled Letterman, and that ass is SIXTY-ONE YEARS OLD HIMSELF. Eleven years younger than McCain.
Letterman is ONE year away from being eligible for Social Security himself.
What a hypocrite.
well I don’t watch Letterman (prefer Leno) but he does have a few million viewers a night. Like I said I believe McCain is doing this purely as a publicity stunt.
I am not so much talking about Letterman, but the bigger picture of suspending the entire campaign. It is the most politically inept thing I have seen since the Republicans taking the blame after Katrina. We deserve to lose with stunts like this.
Much like Jerry Seinfeld, Letterman is not funny, and never has been…what people see in either of them escapes me.
And so exactly at what age is a potential candidate unfit for office?
And at exactly what age should a Marxist tool professor be forced to retire from a second-rate State University?
You bore me.
McCain is still in Congress? Haven’t seen him there since April 8.
McCain’s just buying Palin more time to study up.
Sounds to me like Letterman has a legitimate gripe. A big drawing guest cancels at the last minute and then while you are getting ready to tape you find out he is right down the street doing another interview.
Thank God Letterman was not chosen to take over for Johnny Carson.
Carson had class and would never stoop to the level of buttface Letterman. They aren’t even in the same league. Letterman is replaceable and we would be well served to see him go sooner rather than later. Why is he so full of himself? Why so mean? Another narcissistic lib?
The only funny person on Letterman was Larry “Bud” Melman. Now he was hilarious!
Valiant#35 – I still have family & friends who don’t know if their homes are standing or completely obliterated. Since they were insensitive enough to age and still live in their homes, but no longer can drive or stand the rigors of picking up the pieces they are staying put for the moment. Cancelling the convention was sensitive because there were still delegates that were from the northern parts of those states, yet decided to stay – albeit in constant contact with family and friends back home.
As far as McCain growing a pair – on what given day could you sit in a closed metal box at 130 degrees, in a jungle, having had your limbs busted through beatings, and still maintain your honor? He is what he is, and still thinks he can work with both parties to come to mutual agreement. Do I always agree with him, no. Do I stand up and give him the honor he is due, yes.
See #37. They took, the words right out of my mouth.
I think most of us “deserve” a better choice than Obama for president. John McCain is the only viable answer right now, especially with Palin in the passenger seat. A vote for anybody but McCain is a vote for Obama, and nobody, not even liberals should have to endure 4 years of that hell.
My first real job out of school was working graveyard, and Dave was a must-see back in the NBC days. He left some of his charm back at 30 Rock, but I still preferred him over Leno. But I saw him change into a real jackass when Bush was elected.
I can understand gags about Bush’s malapropisms and often-unfortunate facial expressions, and his deficit of articulateness annoys the heck out of me too. But I watched Late Show on a regular basis for the final time when he referred to the POTUS as “b*tch.” That was beyond the pale even if I didn’t like the President.
Then he acted like a punk and stirred Bill O’Reilly’s water/coffee with a pencil before inviting him to his desk. While I think BO’R is full of himself a lot, he didn’t deserve that, nor does anyone who agrees to be on the show. That was the last straw. The last time I flipped Letterman on was when Michael Richards made a guest satellite appearance to stumble through an apology for his N-word filled standup routine just as Jerry Seinfeld was plugging his animated Bee Movie.
Now I watch Jimmy Kimmel. He’s more juvenile (at times even scatalogical), but his supporting cast of non-acting staffers are often howlingly funny. Mexican immigrant and parking lot security guard “Guillermo,” Jimmy’s wiseguy cousin Sal Iacono, and security chief (and former NYC cop) Frank Potenza. Potenza — better known as Kimmel’s “Uncle Frank” — is the unintentionally funniest man on television, especially when he reunites for pre-taped projects with his ex-wife, Conchetta (“Aunt Chippy”). If your kids are too young to remember why people loved Yogi Berra, tell them he was the Uncle Frank of his time.
Kimmel takes shots at Bush and McCain too, but they are not nearly as nasty as Letterman’s. Leno had a hilarious bit Monday night about the “Old Boys Network.” Yeah, it was at McCain’s expense. But it was a GREAT joke, unlike most of Dave’s.
P.S. I am happy for Kimmel that he finally got an Emmy, but it’s gotta hurt that it was for Sarah Silverman’s “I’m —-ing Matt Damon” song. Sarah’s a cutie, but her biggest joke is that she’s funny. As MM.com readers know, she’s not funny, she’s just offensive.
Now that she and Kimmel have parted (no big loss, Jim) I don’t have to worry about seeing her on the show anymore.
Even better!
Palin for president ’09!
I’m just kidding! No, I would never want anything to happen to McCain, but it does roll off the tongue quite nicely, don’t ya think?
When Letterman and Leno were off-air the global greenhouse emmissions were reduced two-thirds! That’s it, call Al “Icky” Gore and get him on this asap!
We fundamentally disagree on McCain’s judgment. The lesser of two evils is still evil.
I wish your family and friends the best.
And then Sarah Palin would be in charge! OH YEAH!!… Good call Legume! We can only hope.
Please reread my post, and pay attention to last sentence. It clearly says that what Letterman did was wrong. I was only stating that it is important to deleniate between this being an “In the tank” issue as opposed to, “How dare you screw me” issue.
On September 24th, 2008 at 7:24 pm, lgm wrote:
Obama, as we have seen going back throughout his legislative career, picks his spots to speak out and does nothing rather than say or do something that could be too divisive.
For example, he could have taken a stand on drilling, but he hid behind Speaker Pelosi’s skirts before the last recess. She wouldn’t bring a popular bipartisan bill that would have reduced gas prices to the House floor for two reasons: 1) It would have given the GOP credit for lowering the price at the pump (which was the reigning concern of the moment), and 2) it would have forced Obama to vote against it even though it’s what opinion polls showed the electorate wanted.
Yet another Obamatron myth.
So, now you know the truth, lgm. Will you quit lying about it now?
lgm, I think we’ve got you (and a whole bunch of fellow libs living in the Cone of Stupidity) on record saying Bush HAD to go back to Washington on 9/11 , to show leadership.
Could you please stop confusing yourself with someone possessing a working cerebral cortex?
I guess that means in 10 years Dave gets to hit the Metamucil. And they wonder why Sarah Palin won’t interview – because you people hate with a venom. Why don’t you go key McCain’s car Dave, maybe that’ll make you feel better.
astonerii, as I read your comment you are explaining away Letterman’s rudeness for entirely specious reasons.
Being “pissed” isn’t either a necesary or sufficient reason for Letterman to mock McCain’s age or war record.
To me you offer a distinction without a difference.
How many of you get full credit and pay for your current job while working 100% to seek another job? Maybe you slack off a bit but not if there is a full crisis.
I’m no fan of Letterman but I can understand why he’d be pissed about McCain canceling, saying he was going back to Washington immediately when he’s not going back until tomorrow and met instead with Couric and de Rothschild. Why lie? Why not just tell him he had reschedule due to unfolding events?
David Letterman has become a really nasty guy. His taunts and insults at Jay Leno are probably the result of the fact that Jay Leno cleans Dave’s clock night after night. Letterman has been spreading the “who cares about ratings” line ever since it became apparent that Jay was going to permanently whip Dave in the ratings. One night, Letterman angrily announced that the rest of have children “and Jay has cars”. Dave thought that was hilarious. He also makes sracastic imitations of Jay’s high pitched voice. Dave has the look of the loser. Letterman has never poked fun at Barack Obama. He tells the same old jokes about McCain night after night and he has the stupid “great moments” routine every night with Bush the butt of Dave’s humor. I don’t like Bryant Gumble but Mr. Gumble was exactly right when he said that Letterman as an “I’m cool, your’e not” attitude. Dave sarcastic humor vanishes when he has any routine Hollywood celebrity on his program. A few weeks ago, Dave was doing his best suckup job with Bruce Willis’s daughter and Dave started bragging about how friendly he and Bruce were. I actually felt sorry for Dave.
Letterman isn’t even close to being funny. How he has gotten over all these years is beyond me. His stupid segments like “does this float?” are so bad, as is his entire first half hour, where he wastes time with his side kick. I know it sounds like I watch him from even knowing this but at times I would change the channel and catch him, it was horrid. His interviews were actually better, but he still doesn’t deserve the money and accolades he gets.
The whole format of “late night talk show” is worn out. I used to like Letterman, oh ten years ago. Night after night of lame stand up and celebrity ass kissing does nothing for me. I would rather watch paint dry. He is a biased jerk the last few years, but I wouldn’t know it without hearing from someone else, like this. He’s been dead to me for a long time, and nothing’s changed.
Letterman is stupid, television is a waste of time, & as far as Actuarial tables give him a 1/3 chance of dying in his first term. goes, please forward the freakin tables to Castro.
Humbug.
NBC kept all the intellectual material.
Smithee #49 and Marc #61:
You both hit it right on the head. For 20 years or more, I have taped Letterman for viewing the next day. I can’t believe what I’ve heard is gonna happen tonight.
But tonight will be the last time I EVER tape him. I’m switching to Leno from now on.
Lately, he’s had unabashed shills for “global warming” and other purely political causes and guests.
Enough already. I’m outta here!
LGM what is Obama’s solution to the banking business in which you stated he can do two things at once? I would be most interested in his solutions instead of finding fault of others. Seems ever since he has been a senator all he has done is vote on pro-abortion issues and run for president. Again I am waiting on What was John Kerry’s plan for Iraq and never did hear it up to this date. Fill me in please.
Funny, he couldn’t manage to do his job, i.e. vote “present,” in a very high number of votes, both at the state and federal level. And that was just one job.
garydt, re; …what is Obama’s solution to the banking business…
uhhh, hope & change?
You obviously don’t have children..
Here’s John Kerry’s plan: I will lead our troops in Iraq in a fashion reminiscent of France’s endeavors against the Wehrmacht in 1940. I will seek every opportunity to receive the blessings of the U.N. the World Courts and the European leaders who know how to apply international law far better than we do to our own ‘war criminals’. I will make sure that we pay reparations for kicked in doors and scared children. Also, I will expand educational oportunities for those who were so uneducated they had to join the military to escape their situations.
Letterman in the tank for Obummer? I am shocked!
/sarc
I haven’t watched Litterbin in so many years that I can’t count them. He actually makes me ashamed we’re both from the same state.
I believe these pols should take a unpaid leave of absence when they campaign. What if we were looking for a better job and didn’t show up for work for days and weeks on end. Can you say ” You’re FIred”. It is absolutely insane!!!!!!!!!!!!
PS. lgm needs to get a real clue on how life works.
PSS. I pay 35 cents on every dollar to the government, libs want me to pay 60 cents in every dollar. Hell why work?
1/3–same odds the gerbil has of surviving your colon.
McCain is actually trying to do his JOB, you know as a US Senator. Obama’s been in campaign mode for three years, and it’s all that he knows.
poor gerbil
Letterman should have retired years ago… even insomniacs have tuned out from his insufferable smirks… you’re worn out Dave… give it up… you’re an embarrassment… geesh… it’s television… a dinosaur… Hint: Alan Alda is the only one watching… zzzzzzzzzz….
Obama has been campaigning longer than he has been on the senate floor hasn’t he?
lgm do you ever have a thought of your own?
You seem to know an awful lot about this gerbil thing. You’ve mentioned it at least a dozen times. Should we be concerned?
The legume should be ignored.
Obama wants Hope and Change,,, thats what Lenin promised if the Czar Nick was overthrown and next the Kerensky government. Lenin promised peace, bread, and land which none of the peasants got. Soviet Russia failed to produce a prosperous communist state so how does Obama think its going to work here. Thats the hope and change I don’t want. Still waiting for LGM??
For the safety of defenseless animals?
Letterman used to be entertaining – before he got old & totally cynical – about 5 yrs ago.
I sent a tent stake to Dave, maybe he can use it as a toothpick.
Dave just gave McCain an honestly good tribute (with audience applause) in the middle of tearing him down.
Lets start a poll on what Obama’s vote is. I expect present or he isn’t even there. Wouldn’t surprise me a bit if he showed up at the debate to bash McCain.
Letterman used to be awesome, then he seems to have come to the conclusion that he needed to start kissing his guests butts if he wanted them to come back on the show. Now he’s just sad old guy sucking up to stars.
Johnny knew what he was doing when he passed him up for the Tonight Show.
This just in! Obama has announced that whatever the vote on the financ1al crisis: he will boldly and courageously vote PRESENT!!!
You can take it to the bank!!
Unless that bank is one holding all that worthless (for now) commercial paper.
Obama won’t vote “present”. He will vote to whoever 1) Pelosi/Reid says to vote for, and/or 2) gives him the most campaign contribution, whether over or under the table.
Shouldn’t Dave be making old-person jokes about… himself?
Letterman is nothing more than another idiot comedian . . . albeit a rich idiot but nevertheless an idiot. The fact that we even listen to fools like him speaks volumes about the sick, deteriorated state of this society.
It’s the sum total of his executive experience.
My real problem with Letterman is that as long as he’s on, Craig Ferguson will be relegated to the 12:35 a.m. eastern time slot! Craig is so, so, so, so, so, SO much funnier! Anyone who can make fun of the Jonas Brothers and have my 13 year old daughter and her friends laughing about it has got TALENT!
Craig’s a naturalized U.S. student and went off a few weeks ago about voting and what a right and responsibility it is. He said he doesn’t care how his viewers vote, just that they must vote and participate. This “speech”, for lack of a better word, went on for about 5 minutes and seemed to be totally unscripted, just very heartfelt.
And for those who are worried about McCain and the actuarial table, those tables apply to the population as a whole, not individuals. Your individual genetics have a lot more influence than just about anything else and McCain’s genetics seem very strong.
Unfortunately I had to watch Barney (the Elephant) Franks last night when I got home on Lou Dobbs. The guy goes into a rant, and says that he cant wait for a few months when they run the country. Then they will be able to extend the “Socialistic” plans beyond the bailout.
Does anyone really look forward to a country run by Franks, Schumer, Obama, Pelosi, Reid and friends?
It is going to be a disaster, and thanks to Bush, McCain is now dead meat.
Fulldroolcup
Well, I think McCain skipped out because it is a political stunt and he has no morals.
Well, I think McCain skipped out because it is the right thing to do.
Well, I think McCain skipped out because he has strong moral conviction that this credit crisis must be averted, and he is willing to take a political risk to save the country he loves so dearly.
Of course, each and every last one of these things says the exact same thing, McCain skipped out, and to quote one that is amazingly gifted in linguistics
I personally think every last one of these is completely different.
So when I say that I do not think Letterman did this as a political hack, that he genuinly was offended at being dissed so close to recording, I am not making any excuses for him, I am just framing it in the correctly. If you are not willing to frame things in the correct perspective, then you are just as bad as all the lefties who take things out of context and give them credibility. That is what is wrong with saying that Letterman is in the tank because of this isolated instance.
Just to be clear, so that people who have no internal ability for critical thinking, I think what Letterman did was completely wrong, it was crass and it was horrible. But I do not think he did it as a surrogate of Obama, even if he is a surrogate of Obama.
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